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Tag Archives: Storage VMotion
Easy recovery from a full VMware ESX datastore
With VMware vSphere, ESX, and VMFS, running out of space on a datastore does not cause damage to virtual machines. It is easy to recover without even a guest OS reboot. Continue reading
Posted in Virtualizationism
Tagged PASS, PowerShell, storage, Storage VMotion, Technical, thin provisioning, video, VMFS, vSphere
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PowerShell Prevents Datastore Emergencies
When a datastore in your VMware vSphere environment is about to fill up, you can have vCenter automatically spring into action to prevent downtime by using Storage VMotion. Continue reading
Posted in Virtualizationism
Tagged PASS, PowerCLI, PowerShell, storage, Storage VMotion, Technical, thin provisioning, vCenter, vSphere
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On Quick Storage Migration in R2
Unlike Storage VMotion from VMware, Quick Storage Migration requires a VM to suspend and be unavailable for a period of time, making it unsuitable for production. Continue reading
Storage VMotion Q&A
Yesterday Chad Sakac wrote a nice article on Storage VMotion that you might want to check out. I think the Q&A format makes it easy to read. It is an amazing thing to see an entire running VM move from … Continue reading
